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My friend sent me a link to YouTube for one of my favorite Chinese songs, “Shanghai Beach” by Frances Yip. This is the mandarin version for the “New Shanghai Bund’ series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g257bozJKaw

Here is the cantonese version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15n-vxXRk4c

Which version would you prefer? For me, it’s still the Cantonese version that sounds best.
Shanghai is a nice city. I love […]

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Twenty seven years ago, my favorite Beatle band member, John Lennon, was gunned down by Mark David Chapman when he was entering his New York luxury apartment, The Dakota. He died in St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center. John Lennon died twenty seven years ago but his songs live on forever.

John Lennon (8-10-1940 - 8-12-1980)
Imagine 
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you […]

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My family went for the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Family Fun Day on 11 Nov. This is the first kiddy show for the year. As usual, Carl Davis was the conductor. This time, he presented ‘From Hollywood to Broadway’. It was a compilation of music and songs from Hollywood movies and Broadway. Some of these movies […]

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My friend, Athena, was supposed to watch ‘Chicago The Musical’ yesterday. Since I have watched it on Tuesday, She asked me not to reveal anything about the musical until she has watched it. Now, I even wondered if she has watched the musical at all, if she decided to drive into the city yesterday.
I was […]

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I have to admit seldom read books. I prefer magazine or even browsing the net. I like to read about current events. It becomes a problem whenever I attend any concert or musical as I do not know the story. Watching a concert or musical and trying to understand the story from the songs is […]

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Finally, Chicago The Musical is coming to Kuala Lumpur. The musical will be held at Plenary Hall, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center from Nov 6 - 10. Most of us have watch the 2002 Hollywood movie adaptation of Chicago The Musical starring Richard Gere, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger. Now its time for the real one.
Chicago […]

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I received this joke in my email regarding a comparison of life in prison and life at work. It’s really funny. I can’t help but to recall the recent case of Paris Hilton turning into a jail bird. Another movie star, Lindsay Lohan,  is about to become one soon.
Paris Hilton was sentenced to 45 days in jail for […]

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I was invited by my friend to attend a concert entitled “Music from the Romantic Era“ which was presented by Yamaha Academy of Arts and Music & Yamaha Youth Orchestra.
The first performance was “Pictures at an Exhibition, 1st movement” by Mussorgsky which was presented by their Instrumental Ensemble. I was very surprised by the music […]

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